https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain may not really celebrate Halloween like the US does, but it has more than its fair share of reportedly haunted spots and ghostly sightings. Here are some of the scariest places to visit in Spain if you're on the hunt for paranormal activity. https://www.thelocal.es/20211027/halloween-spains-most-haunted-places Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:11:33 +0200 halloween-spains-most-haunted-places Looking for something to give you goosebumps this Halloween? We've broken down some of the best Spanish films that are sure to have you cowering beneath the covers. https://www.thelocal.es/20191030/ten-scary-spanish-films-to-creep-you-out-at-halloween Wed, 30 Oct 2019 13:30:32 +0100 ten-scary-spanish-films-to-creep-you-out-at-halloween Madrid’s biggest cemetery is the final resting place for more than five million dead, a veritable city of tombs and niches that stretches out from the east of the city towards the airport. https://www.thelocal.es/20181102/in-pics-this-is-how-all-saints-day-is-celebrated-in-madrid Fri, 02 Nov 2018 11:24:39 +0100 in-pics-this-is-how-all-saints-day-is-celebrated-in-madrid As autumn turns into winter you will see braziers set up on street corners and town squares across Spain selling baked sweet potatoes and aromatic roasted chestnuts. https://www.thelocal.es/20191031/recipe-how-to-make-traditional-catalan-halloween-panellets Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:31:41 +0100 recipe-how-to-make-traditional-catalan-halloween-panellets Madrid city hall said Wednesday it will deploy drones at two of the largest cemeteries in the Spanish capital on All Saints' Day to ensure virus restrictions are respected. https://www.thelocal.es/20201028/drones-to-enforce-coronavirus-rules-at-madrid-cemeteries-on-all-saints-day Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:55:10 +0100 drones-to-enforce-coronavirus-rules-at-madrid-cemeteries-on-all-saints-day Whatever your plans over the puente – the long weekend that incorporates the national bank holiday on November 1 – be warned that over much of the peninsula, rain is a possibility. https://www.thelocal.es/20191029/spains-halloween-puente-warmer-than-usual-but-take-an-umbrella Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:36:57 +0100 spains-halloween-puente-warmer-than-usual-but-take-an-umbrella Tired of the usual witches, vampires and zombie costumes? There's plenty of creepiness in Spanish culture to use as inspiration. https://www.thelocal.es/20191029/seven-very-spanish-creepy-halloween-costume-ideas Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:00:52 +0100 seven-very-spanish-creepy-halloween-costume-ideas A fugitive hitman on France's most-wanted list has been arrested in Spain disguised in a devil's costume at a Halloween celebration, police said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20161105/spanish-police-nab-hitman-dressed-as-devil Sat, 05 Nov 2016 15:47:43 +0100 spanish-police-nab-hitman-dressed-as-devil Spanish bishops are fighting back against the popularity of the "satanic festival" of Halloween by urging good Christian children to forgo zombie, ghost and devil outfits and instead dress up as "saints, virgins and apostles". https://www.thelocal.es/20161027/dress-up-as-saints-not-ghouls-insists-spanish-church Thu, 27 Oct 2016 13:10:24 +0200 dress-up-as-saints-not-ghouls-insists-spanish-church Looking for something to give you goosebumps this Halloween? The Local looks at eight Spanish films that are sure to have you cowering beneath the covers. https://www.thelocal.es/20161031/eight-scary-spanish-flicks-to-put-you-in-the-halloween-spirit Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:42:25 +0100 eight-scary-spanish-flicks-to-put-you-in-the-halloween-spirit Forecasters are predicting great weather across Spain over the next few days which means many Spaniards will be making the most of it with a long weekend break. https://www.thelocal.es/20161028/nightmare-traffic-expected-over-halloween-weekend Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:26:34 +0200 nightmare-traffic-expected-over-halloween-weekend Forget flamenco dancers and bullfighters, The Local counts down the freakiest alternative costume ideas to dress up in this Halloween. https://www.thelocal.es/20161024/eight-alternative-spanish-costume-ideas-for-halloween Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:09:10 +0200 eight-alternative-spanish-costume-ideas-for-halloween A Spanish court on Tuesday jailed five men over the stampede deaths of five young women at an overcrowded Halloween event they organised in 2012. https://www.thelocal.es/20160927/spain-court-jails-five-over-deadly-halloween-stampede Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:33:24 +0200 spain-court-jails-five-over-deadly-halloween-stampede The trial over a deadly Halloween stampede in Madrid opened on Tuesday, three years after five young women were crushed at a rave party in an overcrowded stadium, prompting one of the Spanish capital's deputy mayors to resign. https://www.thelocal.es/20160112/trial-over-deadly-halloween-stampede-opens-in-spain Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:20:37 +0100 trial-over-deadly-halloween-stampede-opens-in-spain There will be no trick or treating for children in one corner of southern Spain this weekend, after the Bishop of Cádiz banned Halloween parties, calling the popular holiday a "satanic festival". https://www.thelocal.es/20151030/bishop-bans-satanic-halloween-in-spain Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:35:08 +0100 bishop-bans-satanic-halloween-in-spain Two years after five young women were killed in Madrid Halloween party disaster, the mother of one victim makes a passionate plea for justice as the case judge also slams Spain’s court system. https://www.thelocal.es/20141031/halloween-tragedy-jail-terms-an-insult-mum Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:01:00 +0100 halloween-tragedy-jail-terms-an-insult-mum With Spain's crazy carnival period already upon us, The Local has put together a list of politically questionable costumes that are bound to get people's tongues wagging. https://www.thelocal.es/20140219/top-ten-politically-incorrect-carnival-costumes Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:02:00 +0100 top-ten-politically-incorrect-carnival-costumes Still madly trying to come up with an idea for a Halloween costume? Why not try one of The Local's Spanish-themed outfits? Each one is scarier than the last and all are destined to send a shiver down even the bravest of spines. https://www.thelocal.es/20131031/top-ten-spooky-spanish-halloween-costumes Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:14:00 +0100 top-ten-spooky-spanish-halloween-costumes